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by marginalia_nu 938 days ago
In general, I think it's a good idea to be deliberate and judicious about your information diet.

In my experience, the more low-quality information you've got in your head, the fewer interesting ideas will emerge. Mainlining social media is very much like watering the fields with Brawndo the Thirst Mutilator.
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082349872349872 938 days ago
I like the pond metaphor: if you want to see the bottom of the pond, it has to have been still enough for long enough for suspended sediment to have settled. And if there's enough wind for the surface to be choppy, you won't see past that, much less to any turbid layers.

> Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. — DEK

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svilen_dobrev 938 days ago
they say "you are what you eat" - physically and "you are what you perceive" - mentally..

so yeah, some (sometimes soft, sometimes drastic) hygiene is the way..

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